Powerful abbot of the lavish Saint Riquier abbey in Picardy, he was called to Charlemagne’s court by Alcuin.
A man of great culture and rare intelligence, he also appreciated the good things in life.
A meddling monk, he was not scornful of life’s pleasures and it is said that he had a liaison with Bertha, one of Charlemagne’s daughters, who gave him two children.
Before he died in 814, Angilbert deeply repented as St. Brixio, St. Martin’s successor, had done before him, and he atoned for his sins, to the point that his biographers claim his body was found intact many years after his death.
Saint of the Day Quotes: Saint Angilbert
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
